My Favorite Geek Documentary Films

When my wife goes out of town I like to watch geek documentaries. I'd like to share some of my favorites, which are freely available for streaming. Someday I'd like to be a producer!

Yes, that is Parmesan.

• Get Lamp: The Text Adventure Documentary
• Triumph of the Nerds: The Rise of Accidental Empires
• Nerds 2.0.1: A Brief History of the Internet (the sequel to Triumph of the Nerds)
• PBS Video Game Revolution
• BBS: The Documentary
• Pirates of Silicon Valley
• Download: The True Story of the Internet
• Kevin Mitnick: collected speeches and interviews with the famous hacker (2009)
• The Virtual Revolution
• Google Me (2007)
• Revolution OS
• Welcome to Macintosh
• We Live in Public

Some of the best sites for watching free documentaries are:

• CosmoLearning Documentaries
• Top Documentary Films
• YouTube Documentaries
• Google Video Documentaries Search Starter Page
• Hulu Dcoumentaries
• SnagFilms

And if you subscribe to Netflix streaming and have ever worked in computer support, check out this British comedy-drama for some good laughs:

• The IT Crowd